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Chemosynthetic
Community Locations in the Gulf of Mexico
Locations are where combinations or
single communities of chemosynthetic metazoans have been collected or
photographed in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (details
of sites and reference
list). The fauna distribution (shown in
the legend) include vesicomyid or lucinid
clams (C), seep mytilids/mussels (M), pogonophoran tubeworms (PG), and vestimentiferan tube worms
(V).
Source: Northern Gulf of Mexico Chemosynthetic Ecosystem Final Report volume II: Technical Report,
Minerals Management Service OCS Region,
OCS Study MMS 95-0022
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| VESICOMYID or LUCINID, CLAMS (C) |
SEEP MYTILIDS, MUSSELS (M) |
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POGONOPHORAN TUBEWORMS (PG) |
VESTIMENTIFERAN TUBEWORMS (V) |
Photograph sources: Stability and Change in Gulf of Mexico Chemosynthetic Communities,
OCS Study 2002-035 and
2002-036.
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